Affero - General Public License
Copyleft license, derived from the GNU-GPL, designed to protect software distributed as web services. |
Aladdin Free Public License (AFPL)
For Ghostscript, by Aladdin Enterprises. |
Amoeba copyright notice
A free software OS. |
Amulet License Agreement
CMU Amulet Toolkit License Agreement. |
Apache Server License
Also in the source code. |
Apple/Disney: Squeak license
Project and license ran unchanged and uninterrupted even during transition to different corporation. |
Apple: Apple Public Source License (APSL)
Apple's license for software released as source code. |
Bixoft Public License
A proposal for an Open Source license that clearly distinguishes between software programs and programming tools. |
BSD: 4.4BSD Copyright
License for 4.4BSD. |
BSD: FreeBSD Copyright
License for FreeBSD operating system. |
BSD: NetBSD Licensing and Redistribution
License patterned after FreeBSD Copyright. |
BSD: OpenBSD Copyright Policy
License and background on Berkeley Computer Systems Research Group copyrights. |
Christian Software Public License (CSPL)
Christianized variant of BSD license. |
Creative Commons
A non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright. Offering work under a Creative Commons license does not mean giving up copyright. It means offering some of an author's rights to any taker, and only on certain conditions. |
Debian Social Contract
License for Debian GNU/Linux. |
E Licenses
Mozilla or Mozilla compatible, for E programming language. |
eCos License Overview
Summary of license for Red Hat eCos operating system. |
eCos: Red Hat eCos Public License (RHEPL)
Variant of Netscape PL. |
EFF Archive: Intellectual Property: Open Licenses
Electronic Frontier Foundation page on licenses, includes EFF Open Audio License (OAL). |
Eiffel: ISE Free Eiffel Library License (IFELL)
For the EiffelBase library. |
Freshmeat
Listings of browseable licenses and articles. |
GNU Free Documentation License
A version of the GPL for reference material. |
GNU General Public License (GPL)
One standard for licensing free software. |
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Formerly: GNU Library GPL. |
GNU: List of Licenses
Various licenses and comments about them. |
IBM - Common Public License (CPL)
Open source software license. |
IBM Public License
Big Blue's Open Source License. |
LaTeX Project Public License
Particularly suited for TeX-related programs. |
Liberal Source Software (LSS)
Hybrid licensing model, between free and commercial software licenses. |
License information for Xinu software
License for the XINU operating system |
Licensing conditions for OCaml
OCaml is released under the LGPL. |
Lua Copyright notice
From Brazil, programming language framework. |
Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Plan 9 Open Source license agreement |
Mozart License Agreement
Mozart: an implementation of Oz 3 programming language. |
Mozilla and Netscape Public Licenses
Describes the licensing policy of the Mozilla Foundation, with the full texts of the various licenses, and an FAQ. |
MySQL
Complex hybrid license: public domain, GPL, LGPL, Open Source, commercial. |
Netscape: Mozilla Public License (MozPL) version 1.0
Follows the Debian Free Software guidelines. |
Open Group Public License
Open Motif Graphical GUI Software, Public End User License. |
Open Music License
Music-equivalent to the General Public License. |
Open Source Initiative - Licenses
Copies of licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative. |
Open Source Software Licensing Page
Some very interesting articles on free software licensing: history, forms, and problems, seen from a commercial view. Links to some license texts and important open source sites. |
OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition
Not a license itself, but a definition of what conditions a license must fulfill in order to be termed an Open Source license. |
PHP Licence Information
Covers licensing issues for developers distributing applications in PHP. Includes links to annotated version of the relevant licenses and other related resources. |
Python Copyright
Open source compliant, but not fully GPL compatible, the only incompatibility is inclusion of a choice-of-law clause. |
Quick Reference Guide
A chart comparing attributes of major licenses, including the option to select your bias. |
Ricoh Source Code Public License
Ricoh Company, Ltd., makes communication and office automation systems. |
RTEMS License Information
RTEMS open source real-time operating system uses GNU Public License (GPL), except for some special, very limited exceptions. |
Ruby License
Dual terms: use GPL terms or its own terms. |
SFL License Agreement
Covers iMatix Corp., Standard Function Library (C/C++), its source code, documentation, executable files. |
The Artistic License
Perl package license. |
Trolltech: Q Public License (QPL)
License for the Qt Free Edition. |
Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing
Full text of the book by Andrew M. St. Laurent. |
Vita Nuova Inferno Subscription License
Fee based, partly open source, for Lucent network OS. |
W3C IPR Software Notice
W3C = World Wide Web Consortium, one of the Internet's main standard-setting bodies. |
x-kernel Copyright Notice
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona. |
Zope Public License (ZPL)
Patterned after Apache license. |
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